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On the LLN for the number of vertices of a random convex hull

Part of: Multivariate analysis General convexity Geometric probability and stochastic geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2016

Bruno Massé
Bruno Massé*
Affiliation:
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale
*
∗ Postal address: Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, 50, Rue Ferdinand Buisson, BP699, 62228 Calais Cedex, France. Email address: bmasse@lma.univ-littoral.fr
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Abstract

For several common parent laws, the number of vertices of a sample convex hull follows a kind of law of large numbers. We exhibit an example of a parent law which contradicts a general conjecture about this matter.

Keywords

Random convex hullextreme pointlaw of large numbers

MSC classification

Primary: 60D05: Geometric probability and stochastic geometry
Secondary: 52A22: Random convex sets and integral geometry 62H99: None of the above, but in this section
Type
Stochastic Geometry and Statistical Applications
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , September 2000 , pp. 675 - 681
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 2000 

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